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Anyone with kids knows how awesome the TV can be, especially when it comes time to make dinner or take an important phone call. Often, those precious minutes tick by way too fast, which can lead to an unknown amount of TV being watched. As a parent we often ask, how much is too much?
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, parents should follow these guidelines:
1. Limit children's total media time (with entertainment media) to no more than 1 to 2 hours of quality programming per day.
2. Remove television sets from children's bedrooms.
3. Discourage television viewing for children younger than 2 years, and encourage more interactive activities that will promote proper brain development, such as talking, playing, singing, and reading together.
4. Monitor the shows children and adolescents are viewing. Most programs should be informational, educational, and nonviolent.
5. View television programs along with children, and discuss the content.
6. Use controversial programming as a stepping-off point to initiate discussions about family values, violence, sex and sexuality, and drugs.
7. Use the DVR wisely to show or record high-quality, educational programming for children.
8. Support efforts to establish comprehensive media-education programs in schools.
9. Encourage alternative entertainment for children, including reading, athletics, hobbies, and creative play
As the parent of a two-year-old, I can tell you that some of these guidelines are hard to follow. I find #3 to be pretty much impossible in my house. My little girl LOVES LOVES LOVES Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, which she started watching around 15 months of age and I can't imagine a day without doing the hot dog dance! On weekend mornings my husband loves to snuggle up with her and watch Curious George…a tradition that has been occurring long before she turned two. How can that be so bad?
I do try to limit her media time to 2 hours, however, as a working-stay-at-home mom, sometimes I have to bend the rules with the iPad a little bit. She has a lot of puzzles and age appropriate games on the iPad that keep her busy when I have a meeting or I need to get some work done outside of her nap time. She also has apps where she can watch her favorite shows. Oftentimes she will put on a show, watch a few minutes and then run off and play, then she will come back and watch a few more minutes and then off she goes again.
I think the most important thing is to have a good balance. I know my daughter is watching safe, educational television, but she's also getting plenty of time outdoors and time with me that does not involve any kind of media, such as arts and crafts. So while some days she watches more TV than others, I try not to beat myself up about it and strive for less screen time the next day.
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Hood Canal Sunrise Study II by Carrie Goller
Part of the Carrie Goller original encaustic/mixed media seascape series on 1.5" profile wood block.
First used by the Greeks over 2000 years ago, encaustic (beeswax medium) is one of the earliest known forms of painting. The amazing Fayum Mummy Portraits painted with encaustic by the Greeks in Egypt, (late 1st century BCE or the early 1st century CE) are still fresh, vibrant, and exhibited today in the world's greatest museums. Artist Jasper Johns is credited with the modern renaissance of encaustic fine art with his work that began in the 1950's.
Painting with encaustic involves melting, applying, then heat fusing layers of beeswax mixed with various mediums. The technique generates a luminous, rich surface that brings visual beauty and depth to the wax. Back from obscurity, modern tools have made the process more practical for encaustic artistry. The protective nature of the beeswax helps maintain freshness and preservation of color, preventing the wax from darkening or turning yellow. Impervious to moisture, these pieces need not be varnished or put under glass.
Carrie Goller interprets this ancient medium into contemporary works. Illuminated in brilliant color or delicate opalescence, her compositions encompass oversized serene seascapes & landscapes, to tiny whimsical country scenes. Goller states, "I do not consider myself an 'encaustic artist', although I have instructed and work in that method. I am an artist that works in a variety of media; encaustic just happens to be one of them. The idea and expression of the work inspires me more than the technique itself."

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Time to add a new category to WordPress? Have enough content within a specific topic and want to add it to your category lists? Changing your mind about a category name and wish to change it? Want to delete an entire category worth of posts because you don't want to cover that topic anymore?
Adding and changing categories is easy with WordPress. This is your guide to all the things you need to know about adding and deleting categories in WordPress, as well as moving posts around within categories.
Add a New Category to WordPress
To add a category to WordPress and WordPress.com, there are two methods. The first one is done on-the-fly through the Post Panel:
- In the sidebar menu of the Post Panel, look for Categories. If you do not see it, click Screen Options at the upper right corner of the screen and check off "Categories."
- At the bottom of the Category panel box, click +Add New Category.
- Enter the name of the category in the form.
- If appropriate, select the Parent Category for this Category.
- Click Add New Category.
WordPress will automatically select the category and use it when you publish this post as WordPress assumes you've added the category for this post.
Add a Category Description in WordPress
To add a description to the category, go to Posts > Categories and edit the category to add the category description. The category description will appear in the title attribute of the Category link in navigation (required by US Federal Law for accessibility for commercial and government sites) and on category pageviews for WordPress Themes that use it.
You may also add a category through the Category panel.
To add a category to WordPress and WordPress.com through the Categories Panel:
- On the WordPress Administration Panels, go to Posts > Categories.
- On the left side of the panel is Add New Category.
- Fill in the category name in the form.
- If appropriate, select a Parent category from the drop down menu.
- Enter a description for the category in the form.
- Click Add New Category.
The new category will now appear in the Category list on the Post Panel.
Note that self-hosted versions of WordPress allow the user to set the Slug, the permalink name for the category, when adding new categories. WordPress.com users cannot change the category slug.
Things You Need to Know About Categories
Here are a few things you need to know about categories in WordPress.
- A category will not appear in your category navigation unless there is a published post in it.
- Category names should be keyword specific not made-up or fun names. They are important navigation links so call them what they represent.
- Category names are generally one to four words.
- Posts can be in multiple categories.
- Categories can have subcategories.
- Out of the box, "Uncategorized" is your default category. You can change this in the Settings > Writing panel.
- By default, the WordPress permalink structure for categories include the word "category" in the permalink such as
- By default, the WordPress permalink structure for subcategories is
http://example.com/category/blogging/blogging-tips/, featuring the parent category slug name first, followed by the subcategory slug.
- Category descriptions will appear on WordPress Themes using the category description template tag in the category template file of the Theme.
- Categories have their own feeds. The link to the feed is in the structure of
http://example.com/category/blogging/feed/by default.
- Pages do not have categories, only posts.
- If you use the Import > Convert Tags to Categories feature, WordPress will automatically generate trackback comments for all changed posts. Not sure why, but you can easily delete these from the Comment panels as they are duplicate trackbacks.
What You Need to Know on Adding, Removing, and Changing Categories
There are a few issues and complications that may come with adding a new category to your WordPress site that you will need to know.
Moving Posts Into the New Category
When you create a new category, the odds are high that you will want to add posts you've published in the past to the new category.
You can use the Bulk Edit feature of WordPress to add the category to the posts, or you can manually go through all the posts and add them to the new category.
If you wish to remove the post from a category, you cannot use the Bulk Edit feature. The Bulk Edit only adds, not subtracts, post options. You must do this manually on WordPress.com. Self-hosted WordPress users may use Bulk Move WordPress Plugin.
Setting the Default Category in WordPress
By default, WordPress sets "Uncategorized" as the default category for your site. Having posts uncategorized is not a good idea and doesn't send a positive message about you or your site.
The default category can not be deleted and some of the changes you may wish to make may be restricted. If you need to make changes, you need to set another category as the default.
To change the default category on WordPress and self-hosted versions of WordPress:
- Create a new category to be your new default, if you have not done so already.
- Go to Settings > Writing.
- Go to Default Post Category.
- From the drop down menu, select the category you wish to be the new default.
- Click Save Changes.
New posts published without selecting a category will be set in this new default category.
Now, you need to deal with the posts in "Uncategorized."
If you delete the "Uncategorized" category, posts within the deleted category should move automatically into the new default category, however newer versions of WordPress leave the post uncategorized.
To prevent searching for uncategorized posts and manually adding them to the new default category, here are the steps to move posts to the new default category and delete the "Uncategorized" category.
- On the Posts (All Posts) panel, filter the posts to show only the posts in the "Uncategorized" category.
- Using the Bulk Edit feature of WordPress, select all the posts in the Uncategorized category, choose Bulk Edit (Apply), and add the new default category to all the selected posts. If you have more than one page of posts in that category, you may have to repeat this for each page of posts in the Post Panel until all are in Uncategorized and the new default category.
- Go to Posts > Categories.
- Hover over the "Uncategorized" category and select Delete. Accept any warnings.
- All posts formerly in the Uncategorized category will have that category removed, leaving them in the new default category.
If you delete the Uncategorized category before moving them into the new category, go through your post list and select all posts without a category and use the Bulk Edit feature to add them to the right category.
If you are using the self-hosted version of WordPress, there are several WordPress Plugins to make it easier to move posts between categories. See the section in this article on moving posts between categories.
How to Rename a Category
"Dancing in the Night" was a great category for your posts on risk-taking. After several years of blogging, you learned that people and search engines don't respond well to cute category titles. You need to change it to "Expanding Your Comfort Zone."
To rename a category, you can create a new category and move posts into it, or change the category name.
In the self-hosted version of WordPress:
- Go to Posts > Categories.
- Find the category name you wish to change and click Edit.
- Change the category name.
- Change the category Slug, the permalink "nice" name for the category.
- Add or change the category description.
- Click Update.
On WordPress.com, the method is basically the same except you cannot change the post slug. It will change automatically when you change the category name.
Due to the canonical nature of WordPress, changing the order or name of the category should not result in a page-not-found error. WordPress should automatically redirect the visitor to the right page as it preserves the same category ID number.
Deleting a Category
If you find a category isn't working for you, but you wish to keep the posts within that content, you can delete the category.
To delete a category, go to Posts > Categories and select Delete – but stop. Maybe you should consider this step first. What happens when you delete a category in WordPress?
WordPress and WordPress.com will automatically move the posts in to the default category as set in the Settings > Writing panel.
If you do not with to have the posts moved into the default category, you have some options.
The Bulk Edit feature will not remove posts from categories, only add. WordPress and WordPress.com users can edit posts individually to add them to the category of their choice and remove them from category they will later delete.
Self-hosted WordPress users can use the Bulk Move WordPress Plugin.
Once the posts have been moved into the appropriate category, go to the Posts > Categories panel and find the category you wish to delete. Click Delete.
Remember this is final. You may add the category later, but it will feature the number -2 in the category name unless you modify the WordPress database. To change this, see the instructions on changing the category permalink with a number.
Removing an Entire Category of Posts
You've been blogging for a while and realize that all your blog posts about mortgages and credit ratings were of value when you were getting your home refinanced, but you haven't touched the subject in three years. The posts are flooded constantly by spam comment bots focused on the keyword usage, so you want to just delete all of them.
You can delete a category, and the posts will automatically be added to the default category. Posts are not removed. What do you do if you want them gone?
On WordPress.com and the self-hosted version of WordPress, you may use the Bulk Edit feature to delete all the posts in a specific category.
- Go to the Posts management panel.
- Filter the posts by the specific category of posts you wish to delete and apply the filter.
- Triple check that these are the posts you wish to delete.
- Check the posts you wish to delete or use the "Select All" feature by clicking the check box next to "Title."
- On the Bulk Edit drop down, select Move to Trash.
- Click Apply to move all the selected posts to the Trash.
Remember the Trash in WordPress will temporarily hold the deleted items, giving you a chance to change your mind.
If the posts you wish to delete are not all in the same category that you wish to remove, go through the posts individually and manually move them to the Trash using the option from the Post Management panel or on the post's Edit panel.
On self-hosted WordPress sites, you can also use the Bulk Delete WordPress Plugin to help you get rid of not only the whole category, but all posts in that category. You can delete content in a variety of ways with this Plugin, including removing Pages and all post revisions.
Using the built-in Trash feature, you have a chance to change your mind. Using the Bulk Delete WordPress Plugin is a final option with no second chance.
Converting Tags to Categories and Categories to Tags
Not all categories are meant to be categories. Sometimes they need to be tags. Sometimes tags need to grow up and become categories. WordPress makes it easy for self-hosted and WordPress.com users to convert between the two.
To begin the conversion process of tags to categories or categories to tags:
- Go to Tools > Import.
- Select Categories and Tags Converter.
- Choose Categories to Tags or Tags to Categories.
- Find the category or tag you wish to convert and click the check mark next to it. If the list is long, use CTRL+F to do a page search for the name of the tag or category.
- Scroll to the bottom of the panel and click Convert Tags to Categories or Convert Categories to Tags.
A notification may appear explaining you will receive email notification of the conversion when complete. It usually takes a few seconds to appear in your Category or Tag list.
Note that tags with an asterisk are also categories, and categories with an asterisk are also tags. When converting tags to categories, posts associated with that tag will be automatically moved to that category. When converting categories to tags, the same thing happens. Posts in that category will feature that tag, but lose the category.
Finding a Number in Your Category Permalink
If you create a new category and find -2 in the link name such as
http://example.com/category/blogging-tips-2, it means you are duplicating the name in the WordPress database.
I know you didn't. I know that this is the first time you've used this name in your categories, but you used it first in your tags.
WordPress tags and categories used to be stored in separate tables in the WordPress MySQL database. With the changes in how content is categorized and cataloged in WordPress, categories and tags are now in the same database table. By default, MySQL will not allow you to use the same names in a single table so it adds a dash two to the name.
You don't want your category permalinks to feature a dash two, right? How do you fix this?
The easiest method for fixing the number in your category permalink works for both WordPress.com and self-hosted versions of WordPress:
- Go to Tools > Import > Convert Tags to Categories.
- Follow the instructions above to convert tags to categories.
- Go to Posts > Categories and update the converted category to the proper capitalization and add a category description.
- You will find that the category already has posts. They were automatically added to the category upon conversion. If you do not wish them to be in that category, edit them manually to uncheck that category.
- Go to the Posts management panel and use the Bulk Edit feature of WordPress to add the category to the posts you wish to be in that category in addition to the ones that were automatically converted.
- Go to Posts > Categories and delete the dash two category.
Self-hosted WordPress users may also use the Bulk Move WordPress Plugin to move posts into the new category.
The dash two permalink issue on categories (and tags) may also be fixed directly within the WordPress database with the search and replace option.
I Cannot Change or Edit a Category
If you cannot make changes to a category, it is likely it is set as the default category. It usually appears without a checkbox next to it in the Category panel list.
See the instructions on changing the default category in WordPress.
That's a Lot on WordPress Categories
That's really a lot on adding, deleting, changing, and messing around with categories in WordPress. Yet it is only the tip of the ice berg of what can be done with WordPress categories.
Please remember that categories are your primary navigation and gateway to content on your site. Use them wisely. Use names that tell the visitor in an instant that they are in the right place. Use names that guide the user to the help and information they want and need. Let categories speak well for you.
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Hue has such a vast product line of leg wear, you may find yourself wearing Hue with everything in your wardrobe. Their constantly refreshed collections include tights, leggings, pantyhose, thigh-high stockings, and all sorts of socks. Many tights and pantyhose styles are constructed with a control top to smooth bumps and jiggles. Hue's tights are versatile all-season wear--from textured or net tights to sheer tights to cozy opaque tights in fabulous fashion colors. The leggings collection includes comfy corduroy leggings as well as jeans-style leggings and warm double knits.
Hue socks are always offered in fresh new styles, like over the knee socks that are great with boots. Other sock styles include knee socks in a smooth flat knit or interesting patterns like updated argyle. They also have casual fun sports socks, no-show socks, anklets and even a massaging sock with a zig-zag sole to give your feet a little pick-me-up all day long.Pantyhose and stockings come in styles that will take you from a day at the office to party night and include sheer control tops, seamed pantyhose, interesting patterns in mesh and net, fishnet and pantyhose with soothing support.From classic sheers through today's hottest trends, Hue is an industry leader in high-quality and fashionable leg wear to suit any lifestyle.


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A New EraAlthough it might seem easy to invest in Forex nowadays, by just logging into an account with a broker, deposit some money and start actively trading; it has not always been like this, as forex industry has rapidly changed in the past three decades.
Before technology and free-floating currencies took over the industry, world currency exchanges were operating under the Bretton Woods System of Money Management. This agreement established rules for commercial and financial relations among top economies, tying their currencies to gold. Hence, a currency note issued by any world government represented a real amount of gold held in a vault by that nation. When in July 1944 delegates from all over the world sign off the pact, the main goal was to reduce lack of cooperation between countries and therefore avoiding currency wars. This process of regulating the foreign exchange brought to the foundation of the international money fund (IMF) and the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), today part of World bank Group.
However, in the early 70s the real-world economics outpaced the system, dollar suffered from severe inflation cutting its value by half. At that time unemployment rate was 6.1% and inflation 5.84%. Finally, in August 1971, U.S. government led by Richard Nixon took away gold standard, creating the first fiat currency and replacing Bretton Woods System with De Facto. Together with this there were other important measures taken by the USA president to combat that high inflation regime:
1971 represents the beginning of a new forex trading era, bringing this market to be the largest and most liquid in the world, with an average of daily trading volume exceeding $5trn. All the world's combined stock markets don t even come close to this, what does this mean to you?
In an environment which is controlled by free-floating currencies moving constantly, following principles of supply and demand, there are constant and exciting trading opportunities, unavailable when investing in different markets.
In this article are shared main features of what is forex trading today and how can be an incredible new source of income for everyone who is into financial markets.
What Is Forex?Forex is the acronym for foreign exchange which intends to be a decentralized or over the counter (OTC) marketplace, where currencies from all over the world are traded 24 hours, five days a week. Main financial centres include New York, Chicago, London, Tokyo and Frankfurt for Eurozone. It is by far the largest market in the world in terms of volume, followed by the credit market. Being highly liquid is an important feature that allows traders to be able to enter and exit their positions very quickly. Nevertheless, while trading forex, an investor should be aware of several components:
Dynamicity – forex is an extremely fast environment, this means that currency rates can move very fast, influenced by price action signals and fundamental factors. Therefore, going into forex trading, one needs to be aware of adopting serious risk and money management strategies in order to be effective, limiting losses.
Zero Sum Game – trading forex is not like investing in the stock market but is known to be a zero-sum game. For example, going into the equity market buying some tech shares, they could both rise or decrease in value. In forex is different because currencies work in pairs; for instance, an investor decides Euro will go up he or she is doing it against another currency. Thus, in this specific marketplace one currency will rise while the other will fall, meaning an investor is buying the currency hoping it will appreciate to the other, or selling the one that will depreciate.
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Figure 1: Main traded currency pairs
Currency pairs are composed by a base and a price currency. Main forex trading principle is how much price currency an investor can buy using 1 unit of the base, thus, the base currency, which is the first one in line within the quotation, is always equal to 1.
Because like every financial instrument currency pairs are driven by fundamentals of supply and demand, forex is intensively influenced by geopolitical and macroeconomic factors.
Capital Markets – these are the most visible indicators of a country economic health, where usually the healthier the economy the stronger the currency. For example, a rapid sell-off from a country will show that nation is not economically stable, subsequently investors will think negatively of it depreciating its currency.
Moreover, many countries are sector driven, this means that their currencies are strictly correlated with certain resources. For instance, Canada which is a commodity-based market, CAD is strictly linked to price of Brent and metals, a swing in those will affect the Canadian currency.
Finally, credit market is also connected to forex since also relies heavily on interest rate so, a change in bond yield will have major impact on currency prices. like increase in yield will favour bullish market for USD
International Trade – Trade levels serve as a proxy for relative demand of goods from a nation, a country which goods and services that are in high demand internationally, will experience an appreciation to its currency. This is an effect driven by all other countries converting their currencies into the one of that state to purchase its goods and services. Let's say a product from USA is in high demand globally, all the other countries must sell their currencies to buy dollars to then see their goods shipped, thus USD will appreciate.
Trade surplus and deficit also indicate a nation competitive standing in international trade. Countries with a large trade deficit are usually importers resulting in more of their currencies being sold to buy goods worldwide, thus they will see their currencies devaluate.
Geopolitics – The political landscape of a nation places a major role in the economic outlook for that country and consequently, the perceived value of its own currency. Beside building up price action strategies, based purely on price levels, forex traders constantly look at economic calendars and news to gauge what could move currencies. A geopolitical event which is having a great impact on GBP, is the election of Boris Johnson as UK prime minister, driving the local currency to 2 years low, yesterday 29th of July 2019. Therefore, when investors observe instability from a nation political environment, there are high chances that the currency of that country will depreciate.
Why Trading ForexBeside swapping from a gold standard to free-floating, which change the whole forex trading game, technology is another crucial factor that helped this financial sector to spread globally. With the introduction of internet in the 90s forex opened to retail investors giving access to various trading platforms. The introduction of online platforms and retail investments have increased forex market volume by 5%, up to $250bn of its daily turnover. Different traders may have different reasons for selecting forex, however, mostly is because this is a fertile market plenty of daily opportunities to gauge price action and profit from it.
VolatilityHow traders profit from trading forex? Basics of trading are rather simple to understand. An investor buys an asset at a certain price hoping to get rid of it for a higher price. The more volatile is the market for that specific financial instrument, the more revenue is possible to make. Therefore, a trader is looking for long up and down moves rather than market fluctuating sideways.
Volatility is great in forex and a trader can expect to regularly see prices oscillating 50-100 pips on major currency pairs almost any day of the week. Yet again, due to this enormous constant fluctuation, potential losses or gains can be very high thus, rigours money management must be applied to avoid major damages and become a profitable trader. To conclude, volatility is the main characteristic investors are looking at and that is why it is one of the main feature traders can take advantage.
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Figure 2: FDAX Volatility, H4 (30th May 2019, 16:00, 30th July 2019, 16:00)
Accessibility & TechnologyWhile volatility is the most important element out in the market that tell us why forex is the best market to trade, accessibility comes straight after. This market is more accessible than all the others, trading forex requires an online desk position and as little as $100 to start off an account.
In comparison with the other financial markets, forex requires a rather low trading capital. Moreover, trading forex can be easily accessible from your PC, tablet or mobile since most of retail broker firms operate online. Although, accessibility cannot tell the quality of the market by itself, it definitely shows a reason why many investors try their first trading experience on forex.
Also, the rapid introduction of technology since the 90s, made trading much easier. There are every year more advanced online platforms to trade on with many possible updates and that is why trading forex is edging for many global investors.
Forex PlayersBefore the introduction of free-floating currency and more importantly cutting hedge technology, forex was a market that could have been traded only by institutional investors. Nowadays however, even retail and individual investor can take advantage of the huge volume forex offers every day.
Interbank market is the major responsible for the high volume registered daily in forex. This is the place where banks exchange currency among each other, facilitating forex transactions for customers and speculate for their trading desks.
Central Banks
Central banks representing their nation's government, are crucial in forex. They oversee monetary and fiscal policies having massive influence on currency rates. A central bank is responsible for fixing the price level of its native currency on the market, in other words they take care of the regime currencies will float in the open market.
Portfolio managers and hedge funds are the second investors in forex after central and investment banks. They are hired by huge institutions such as pension to manage their assets. However while portfolio managers of pool funds will buy currency to speculate on foreign securities, hedge funds execute speculative trades as part of their strategies.
Also international corporation play a big role in forex. Those firms operating globally, buying and selling goods and services are involved in forex transactions daily. Imagine an American company producing pipes that imports Japanese components and sell the finished product to China. After the sale is closed the CYN must be converted back to USD, while the American company must exchange USD into JPY to repay for the components supply.
Moreover, company involved in international trade have an interest in forex in order to hedge the risk associated with currencies fluctuations making several foreign exchange transactions. For instance, the same American company might buy JPY at spot rate, or enter a swap agreement to obtain JPY in advance, overtaking the risk of the Japanese currency to rise in the future. Therefore, forex become crucial to run companies with many subsidiaries and suppliers all over the word.
Individual & Retail Investors
Even though this investor cluster brings to forex a very limited volume compared to financial institutions and corporations, it is rapidly growing in numbers and popularity. These base their trades on a mixture of fundamentals and technical analysis.
Bottom line, main reason why forex is the most traded market in the world is because gives everyone, from top financial institutions to retail and individual trades, opportunities to make returns on capital invested from currencies price fluctuations related to global economy.
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If you thought dissecting the collective bargaining agreement and a team's spending cans and cannots were tricky, you're definitely not the only one. In fact, as one veteran NBA journalist put it, "It's a minefield. Even GMs call the league and say, 'Can I do this?'"
Now that the Knicks' season is in the books, what are their options when the free-agency period starts July 1? ESPN New York's Jared Zwerling consulted with NBA salary cap expert Larry Coon to get the answers you need and more.
For starters, the Knicks are currently $5.6 million above the league-mandated $58.044 million salary cap. (On July 1, if the cap stays the same, which it likely will, they will be $5.65 million over.) Currently, the main players under contract for next season include: Carmelo Anthony, Amare Stoudemire, Tyson Chandler, Iman Shumpert and Toney Douglas. In addition, J.R. Smith has a player option of $2.443 million, Josh Harrellson has a team option of $762,195, Jerome Jordan has a non-guaranteed salary of $762,195 and while Renaldo Balkman cleared waivers this past season, he's still owed some salary that counts against the cap. The team's restricted free agents are Jeremy Lin and Landry Fields, and the unrestricted pool includes: Steve Novak, Baron Davis, Jared Jeffries, Mike Bibby, Bill Walker and Dan Gadzuric.
Looking ahead to the offseason, the key moves for the team include Smith's opt in or out, potentially re-signing Fields, using their mid-level exception of about $3 million (taxpayer) or of about $5 million (non-taxpayer), potentially using their bi-annual exception of $1.98 million and then spending a couple of veteran's minimums of $1.4 million each. Their biggest hurdle will be deciding which amount of their mid-level exception to give to Lin.
Here's the full breakdown:
Smith has a player option of $2.443 million for next season, which he can opt out of. The Knicks will know by July 1 if he's going to do so. If he does, that means the team will still be above the cap ($3.157 million), and they won't gain anything. That $2.443 million is not extra money that actually exists in order for the team to sign someone else.
Even if Smith opts out, the Knicks could re-sign him for a 20 percent raise based on his $2.382 million salary from this past season. That's enabled by the Non-Bird Exception, which would put him at $3.097 million for 2012-13. A source told ESPN New York that Smith's father, Earl, is going to make a strong case for his son to stay in New York, but "it's very clear that the money is the biggest factor with him."
In fact, when Smith chose the Knicks over the Clippers in mid-February after coming back from China, a source said the Knicks' higher offer ($2.443 million to the Clippers' $1.4 million veteran's minimum) was the deciding factor because he was financially broke. Therefore, Smith will likely opt out and ask for the 20 percent raise. At that point, the ball will be in the Knicks' court to re-sign Smith, who's already said publicly that he wants to return next season.
During the lockout negotiations, the league wanted additional spending restrictions to be placed on all tax-paying teams. But the players' union managed to wrest one concession in the final labor settlement: those restrictions wouldn't be triggered once a team is above the tax line. As a result, the owners gave teams a little extra breathing room. They defined a point $4 million above the tax line, which they call the "apron," where those restrictions kicked in. With an anticipated $70 million tax level, the apron will come in around $74 million this summer.
One of the restrictions placed on teams above the apron was the smaller mid-level exception of about $3 million, while teams under the apron could have the larger mid-level exception of about $5 million. Since a team above the apron can't offer more than $3 million in a mid-level contract, the converse is also true: a team that offers more than $3 million in a mid-level contract can't subsequently exceed the apron.
The consequences are potentially devastating for teams with payrolls below the apron. If a team spends more than $3 million of its mid-level exception, then the apron becomes a hard cap for the remainder of the season. If you're a General Manager trying to assemble a winning roster, "hard cap" is an ugly, ugly phrase.
Keeping that in mind, the Knicks are in a unique situation regarding their mid-level exception -- and it's all because of Lin, a restricted free agent. While the Knicks can sign him to the non-taxpayer mid-level exception of about $3 million or below, anything above that would create a hard cap. Lin is likely going to demand his maximum of about $5 million for two main reasons: 1.) While he may not have that much basketball value right now, teams will be drawn to bringing Linsanity to their city; and 2.) Because other teams are going to know that the Knicks will be hard-capped if Lin re-signs for $3 million or more, they'll press them to match at about $5 million.
If the Knicks do, they'll still be able to re-sign him because he's a restricted free agent. In fact, because he has that status, the Knicks and Lin could agree to an offer sheet even before other teams bid for his services. And the Knicks can match any number because of the Gilbert Arenas provision, which prevents other teams from offering too much.
Currently, the Knicks are below the apron, so they'll be hoping and praying that Lin signs an offer sheet for $3 million or less. If the Knicks keep Lin at that amount (and they don't use their bi-annual exception), they won't be capped at $74 million, and they can later go above the apron. Therefore, they could make trades that take on lots of additional salary, but they will still have to pay tax if their team salary is above the tax line (no transactions exempt a team from potentially paying tax).
While Lin's agent, Roger Montgomery, will have a fiduciary responsibility to his client to get him the best deal possible, he'll know the eventual suitor will be the Knicks. Therefore, Montgomery could ask Lin to do the Knicks a favor and take $2 million less and sign for about $3 million, in order to give the team salary-cap flexibility. By staying in New York, Lin would be make up the difference off the court by being a hot name in the No. 1 media market. What Montgomery will have to watch out for is the Knicks saying, "Sign with us for $3 million and we'll promise to take care of you later." It's that promise to take care of a player later that gets teams into trouble.
Now, keep this in mind: While the Knicks need to use their mid-level exception to re-sign Lin, they don't have to use it on Lin. They can spend it on anyone. For example, they could let him walk in order to sign unrestricted free agent Steve Nash, who's reportedly going to demand $3 to $5 million per year, or Goran Dragic, who will likely be in the same ballpark.
But, again, anything more than $3 million will set a hard cap on the Knicks. If that happens, they won't have any flexibility to make any offseason or in-season moves (signs, trades, replacing an injured player, etc.) that leaves them above the $74 million threshold. For example, let's say they have a team salary of $68 million after signing Lin, or about $6 million below the hard cap. They could make a trade (provided all other trade rules are satisfied) that adds up to $6 million to their payroll. But they couldn't make a trade that adds $7 million.
Whatever the case, all signs point to Lin being a Knick. As one source familiar with his situation put it, "He's going to be in New York next year regardless, unless they decide they're not going to match him because Nash is going to come in at $5 million or something like that. But Nash is a pipe dream. I think that they keep Lin, just because of his popularity."
As for the length of Lin's contract, the Knicks have the option of making it one to four years. (It could actually be three years with a player option on the fourth.) Teams tend to lock up players who are fairly cheap, but are still a big part of their future and have the potential to progress quickly in only half of that four-year window.
If the Knicks re-sign Lin to the full mid-level exception of about $5 million, that means they'll be hard-capped and only have about $9 million left to spend, which begs the question: Do they want to spend $5 million of that remaining amount on Fields? Even if another team matches the Knicks' offer sheet, they have Early Bird Rights on him, which sets the $5 million ceiling. (In comparison, Lin has Non-Bird Rights rights, which is why the Knicks need to use the mid-level exception to keep him.)
However, if Lin and Fields re-sign for $3 and $5 million, respectively, the Knicks won't be constrained by the hard cap (based on the lower mid-level exception). They can re-sign Fields, secure veteran free agents and make trades to bring in someone who's more expensive. In other words, they can go above the apron.
But, again, it all comes back to that $5 million for Fields, and some insiders just don't see the value there. One source familiar with Fields' situation said, "I doubt Landry's worth $5 million, but you never know. When teams try to sign restricted free agents, they sometimes have to over-pay just in order to make the other team let him go. So I could see Landry getting a bigger deal because of that -- not so much because he's worth that much right now as a basketball player, but because he can walk."
As for the length of Fields' contract, it could be the same as Lin's. Also like Lin, because Fields is a restricted free agent, he and the Knicks could agree to an offer sheet even before other teams bid for his services. In addition, the Knicks can match any salary number because of the Gilbert Arenas provision.
By the way, if you're wondering if the $5 million maximum for Fields can be used for anyone else (like Nash), it can't because of the Early Bird Rights provision. So, again, only the mid-level exception can be used for Lin, Nash or Dragic -- the three most popular picks at starting point guard heading into the summer.
If Shumpert was going to be out until June 30 of next year (based on a doctor's certification), the Knicks could apply for a disabled player exception, which would mean they could sign someone to replace the rookie at his salary. But Shumpert will likely be back on the court in December or January. Keep in mind, however, that if the Knicks were hard-capped (based on the apron), they couldn't use that kind of exception.
The Knicks have a bi-annual exception of $1.98 million, which could be used for Novak, who's an unrestricted free agent. (However, he'll likely demand more because he emerged as the league's best 3-point shooter.) Even if the team re-signs Lin to $3 million or higher, and the $74 million apron becomes a hard cap for them, they'd still have the bi-annual exception. But then they definitely can't go above the apron. Keep in mind that if they spend their bi-annual exception first, they would be capped at the apron -- just like they would if they spent $3 million or more with their mid-level exception.
Currently, the Knicks are about $6 million above the salary cap, which means they're about $9 million under the apron. If Smith opts out and the Knicks don't re-sign him, they'll be about $11.5 million under the apron. If they re-sign Lin for about $5 million, they'll be about $7.5 million under the apron, which would then create the hard cap.
Then, if Fields re-signs for about $5 million as well, the team will only have about $3 million under the apron to spend on three players. Think about that. About $3 million, three players. Veteran minimum's deals could suck that right up.
That mid-level exception is more critical than you ever thought. From the season to the offseason, Lin still remains right at the top of the Knicks' discussion. If you're a fan of the team, you should be rooting for him to sign for $3 million or less.
You can follow Jared Zwerling on Twitter.


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Saturday, March 27, 2010
Poetry Book Giveaway
In other tasty business, Kelli Russell Agodon has initiated the Poetry Book Giveaway to celebrate National Poetry Month. Quite a few poet-bloggers have signed on already. Visit Kelli's site for the list. Each participant offers to give away two poetry books and to mail them to the lucky winners. I have perused my shelves and am now officially adding my name and titles to the list.
Kelli has the complete rules at her site. Here's the nutshell version:
• Leave a comment on this post any time before May 1st, 2010.
• Include your name and a way to be contacted if/when you win.
• Check back on May 1st for a list of winners.
Sometime on May 1st I will randomly select the winners. The first will receive a copy of my book, What Feeds Us.
For a sample poem, check out The First Artichoke. My poem, "Linguini," is also linked at the same site. Or check any of the links in my sidebar.
The second lucky winner will receive a copy of Meg Kearney's book, Home by Now. This book was recently named a finalist in the Poetry category of ForeWord Review's Book of the Year Awards contest. If you would like to see a sample poem, check out Meg's Living in the Volcano
Be sure to leave a note in the Comments section of this post. Good luck!
59 comments:
Not sure being the first is lucky or not, but I'd love to win either book! Thanks for joining the giveaway.ReplyDelete
For those interested, I'm also celebrating at:
Alexis KatchukReplyDelete
(posted for Alexis)
Great! Thanks for doing this, Diane.ReplyDelete
Lovely choices. Please enter me in the drawing.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 27, 2010 at 10:41 AM
What a nice thing to do.ReplyDelete
Please add me to the "I want it" list
briarcat@ gmail.com
Awesome. Please enter me.ReplyDelete
I would like one of the books. This is a wonderful idea. Thank you.ReplyDelete
I love your poetry and would love a copy of your book.ReplyDelete
Thank you for participating in this brilliant poetry giveaway.
- AnonymousMarch 28, 2010 at 10:34 AM
Who doesn't love free books?! or even the chance for free books! :-)ReplyDelete
i love participating in this. Please put me into consideration!ReplyDelete
This is a great idea. Please enter me in your poetry drawing, Diane!ReplyDelete
(I'm going to do this on my blog too....)
- AnonymousMarch 28, 2010 at 9:36 PM
Count me in too! Take care from Jennifer :)ReplyDelete
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Thanks, Diane,ReplyDelete
I am glad you are also participating!
Count me in!ReplyDelete
Thanks Diane for this NPM giveaway.ReplyDelete
I'd be honored to receive either book.ReplyDelete
I'm also participating in the poetry book give-away.
Please enter me in your giveaway! I've decided to participate, too:ReplyDelete
Thanks, Diane. :)
Hope to be a lucky winner! :)ReplyDelete
As you know, I have a giveaway going at my blog as well: www.everydaybright.com.
Count me in, too~ReplyDelete
The link to my giveaway is:
Thank you, Diane!
Please count me in!ReplyDelete
oops! forgot:ReplyDelete
I'd love to read your book, or Ms. Kearney's. Thanks for the possibility.ReplyDelete
Please Enter me as well. Thanks!ReplyDelete
Please count me in. =-) Deborah AgerReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 6, 2010 at 1:16 AM
Please count me in! Thanks,ReplyDelete
Nandini (firstname.lastname@example.com)
I like books with prize-winning stickers on them!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 7, 2010 at 11:09 PM
I'd like an entry too!ReplyDelete
Count me in!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 8, 2010 at 9:44 PM
I'd like to enter, please. I'm giving away two books here.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 10, 2010 at 9:43 AM
Please enter me in the giveaway too! Would love to have either book.ReplyDelete
paugust AT wi DOT rr DOT com
Yes! Add my name to the hopper! & looking forward to publication in June of your latest!ReplyDelete
Please enter me.ReplyDelete
Please add my name to the drawing.ReplyDelete
PS: I'm offering books on my blog at blog.32poems.com.
Yup. Sing me up.ReplyDelete
Kind regards
I would love to win!ReplyDelete
Put me in please!ReplyDelete
Me ME ME ME! Peadar O'DonoghueReplyDelete
please add my name. thanks! (mattnienow(at)gmail(dot)com)ReplyDelete
Both books look like real gifts. Isn't this a fun way to discover new poets?ReplyDelete
Please add me in. firstname.lastname@example.com. Thanks.ReplyDelete
I hope I win your book. But I would be happy with either one! Thanks for offering this give-away.ReplyDelete
valphia at aol dot com
Please pick me, DianeReplyDelete
Please count me in - thanks.ReplyDelete
Thanks for your generosity, Diane. Please consider me for the draw. Cheers. :)ReplyDelete
jemaverick [at] gmail [dot] com
Diane--what a lovely and generous idea this giveaway is! Many thanks--ReplyDelete
Kim Roberts
Please enter me in the drawing. :)ReplyDelete
Susan Sonnen
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PLease add me as well. A fellow artichoke lover from the Monterey Bay area!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 23, 2010 at 8:32 PM
Please add my name. Been so busy writing my poem a day and organizing my own giveaway that I almost forgot to sign up!ReplyDelete
Very cool, *crosses fingers* count me in.ReplyDelete
frogtown (at) gmail.com
Thanks very much for this opportunity!ReplyDelete
Would make some great post-exams reading :)
you can contact me at,
Thank you so much for this opportunity - such a great idea! I produce the Vermont Poetry Newsletter & Poetry Event Calendar, so am looking forward to promoting your book, if I'm lucky enough to be a winner! Ron LewisReplyDelete
Please include me, DianeReplyDelete
Thanks for participating & yes, please add my name to the mix! Happy Poetry Month!~
please add me to this wonderful giveaway!ReplyDelete
Great to see another person participating in this generous giveaway!ReplyDelete
(Please note that 'Con' is an internet alias of mine. If I do by some slim chance managed to be the lucky winner, the real name will of course be supplied. =])
I'm a high school English teacher and was looking for creative ways to teach tone in poetry. I came across your blog from 2007 in which you posted "The Purple Bathing Suit." I can't find the blog from the next day where you told us the gender of the poet. I'd love to know and I can't wait to use the poem in my classroom. Love your blog! Thanks!ReplyDelete
Hi Marty--ReplyDelete
The poet is Louise Gluck--a woman. This poem is fun to analyze for its structure and shifting tone. Then ask your students to imitate it. My own imitation is addressed to a potato.


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The December issue of The Observer contains an article on James S. Jackson's research on the (situational) sources of racial disparities in our healthcare system. We've excerpted a sample of that article below.
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The knowledge of racial inequities in America is hardly breaking news. Our country's long history of segregation and discrimination continues to reverberate in many areas of our society. Nowhere are the effects of discrimination more evident than in the health status of black Americans. "Over the life-course, blacks, more than any other [racial] group, live the fewest years and a high proportion of those years are in poor health" said APS Fellow and Charter Member James S. Jackson during his James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award Address at the APS 19th Annual Convention. Jackson is leading the charge to understand and curb these differences. As a professor of psychology and director of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, he examines the health gap between African Americans and non-Hispanic Caucasians.
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In his talk, Jackson outlined some of his recent findings and provided hypotheses for the causes of racial health disparities. Throughout the lifetime, small group differences in genes, race, stress, and socioeconomic status have interacted to create interesting patterns in health disparities, said Jackson. Up until age one, death rates are much higher for blacks than for whites. The ultimate result is an African American population that is heartier than average, or "selected" in the evolutionary sense. African Americans who survive beyond infancy are much more resilient than their white counterparts, leading to a relative lull in health problems early in life. But as they age, the everyday stressors of being materially disadvantaged and geographically segregated begin to wear this resiliency down.
Jackson explained that "African Americans are suffering stressors over their life-course, but because they are more highly selected, they are able to resist those stressors in early years of life, but [health difficulties] arise because they can only suffer for so long."
As stressors become overwhelming, individuals begin to utilize stress-coping mechanisms. Doctors and therapists preach that simple activities such as jogging or taking a swim are excellent remedies to alleviate such stress. But, as Jackson noted, it is considerably easier to instead reach for readily available junk food, cigarettes, or alcohol, especially in low-income areas where parks, pools, and gyms are likely to be unavailable. Exercise becomes an even less viable option as a person ages and the body begins to break down, further contributing to declining health in middle age.
Jackson's resilience hypothesis falls in line with public health data: Rates of smoking, alcohol use, and obesity increase in later years of life, whereas vigorous activity declines precipitously.
He extends his perspective on racial health disparity to mental illness. . . .
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To read the rest of the article and more about Jackson's fascinating research, click here. For a listing of numerous Situationist posts on the situational sources of obesity, click here. To review The National Healthcare Disparities Report, click here. And, to listen to an NPR story titled "Closing the Black Cancer Gap," click here.


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Windows XP Users, It's Time To Upgrade. Here's How
Microsoft is ending support Tuesday for Windows XP, which means the company won't be fixing any fresh problems that crop up with the 12-year-old operating system. "PCs running Windows XP after April 8, 2014, should not be considered to be truly protected," says a company statement.
An estimated quarter of PC users are still running XP, despite Microsoft's notices that this day would come. Part of the reason many users haven't migrated is Microsoft's uneven record of improving its operating systems as new ones roll out. Our Emily Siner explained in January:
"Vista was part of the problem. Microsoft's success with operating systems 'kind of goes up and then down historically,' says Stephen Baker, an analyst with NPD Group. While XP was undoubtedly a peak, Vista was widely regarded as a dud, so people who might have normally tried a new system held off. Windows 7 was more successful, but Windows 8, introduced in 2012, received a tepid reception amid a drop in PC sales.
"Microsoft now has a clear incentive to get its users to upgrade. It's expensive to update and support a decade-old operating system. By today's computing standards, XP is slow and outdated, and that makes Microsoft look bad."
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- Choose your operating system upgrade. Windows 7 or Windows 8 both have support from Microsoft.
- Back up your files. You'll need to do a clean installation to upgrade to Windows 7 or Windows 8, which means this doesn't work like upgrading your iOS software for your phone, where data from your old phone can come over automatically. Eliminate programs you don't use anymore.
- Delete critical data. A malicious attack could find information like credit card and Social Security numbers.
- Update anti-malware software. Whether you're using Microsoft's version — which will be updated for Windows XP through July 2015 — or another company's, anti-malware software will be able to patch up some, but not all, security holes.
- Limit email use. For the love of all that is holy, don't open suspicious attachments.
- Disconnect your PC from the Internet if you don't need it online.
- Upgrade your PC. Unfortunately, most old computers running XP don't have the physical requirements to do this. Microsoft only condones upgrading or getting a new computer altogether.
You can find Microsoft's official tips here.


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PHOENIX, Ariz. – Jodi Ann Arias – the Yreka woman accused of brutally murdering her 30-year-old boyfriend Travis Alexander in Mesa, Ariz. in 2008 – is currently standing trial in Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Ariz.
Prosecutors allege that Arias, now 32, was visiting Alexander at his Arizona home on June 4, 2008 when the murder allegedly occurred. She is accused of stabbing Alexander 27 times in the chest, back, and head, slashing his throat from ear to ear, and shooting him in the head with a .25 caliber handgun.
Alexander's bloody body was discovered days later by his friends on his bathroom floor.
When investigators examined Arias' digital camera, they allegedly discovered that on the day of the murder, the couple had taken a series of nude photographs of one another, and the final photos in the series showed a body partly covered in blood on the bathroom floor, ABC News reported.
Arias was arrested in Yreka – where she resided with her grandparents – on a warrant shortly after the incident and she was held in the Siskiyou County Jail until she was extradited to Arizona to begin court proceedings.
Community reaction
Arias' high school friend Tina Ross (formerly Tina Brazzi) told the Daily News on Thursday that she was "totally shocked" when she learned Arias had been arrested for murder.
"She was a kind and gentle spirit," said Ross. "This was totally out of character for Jodi. She was not a violent person."
Ross said Arias was a good student and came from a loving family, and she believed Arias' parents always wanted what was best for their daughter.
However, "Jodi had a way of picking bad boys," Ross recalled, adding that she remembers one of Arias' high school boyfriends who she described as "controlling."
"From a young age, she started picking guys that were just not the best choice for her. And she was such a beautiful girl," she said.
Ross noted that while Arias seemed to be drawn into relationships that had warning signs of domestic violence, she never observed that Arias reacted "over the top" to breakups.
Ross commented that based on Arias' history, she believes that there was domestic violence in her relationship with Alexander.
Richard Rangel, a Yreka High School art teacher, said he fondly remembers when Arias was his art student.
"She was very conscientious, very smart, very hard working and very skillful," Rangel recalled. He added that she mastered all mediums and was usually the first student to complete an assignment.
"One of the things that stood out to me about her was she was always perfect," said Rangel, referring to the flawless appearance of her hair, makeup and clothing.
"There were no signs of violence or a temper; she was on the mellow side. She was very quiet and always seemed more mature than rest of the kids. She had a maturity about her that was noticeable," he said, adding that she never became upset by critiques in art class.
"She was the perfect kid – the kind of kid you would want your son to date because she just seemed so clean cut," said Rangel.
Case proceedings
According to CBS News, Arias initially denied murdering Alexander, and furthermore, she denied being in Arizona at the time of the murder.
ABC News reported that investigators found DNA of Arias' and Alexander's blood, strands of her hair that contained his blood and her bloody hand print at the scene.
During the course of the proceedings, Arias changed her story and said she was at Alexander's home, and that she witnessed him being murdered by home invaders. Then, she changed her story again and claimed Alexander was abusive, and she killed him in self defense. Prosecutors allege Arias killed Alexander in a fit of jealous rage, reported the Huffington Post.
Yahoo.com reported that a week prior to the alleged murder, Arias' grandparents had reported to Yreka Police Department (YPD) their home had been burglarized and a .25 caliber handgun was missing. The handgun, a DVD player and $30 were the only items reported missing during the burglary. Other valuable items, including three other guns, were left untouched.
YPD Officer Kevin Friedman, who investigated the burglary and was subpoenaed to testify in the trial, told the Maricopa County Superior Court that the burglary struck him as odd. He said he found it unusual that only one firearm was stolen from the cabinet and other items worth money were left untouched, reported Yahoo.com.
Arias told the court she had never seen the .25 caliber gun and she did not even know her grandparents owned one until they reported it missing a week prior to the murder.
The prosecution has rested and Arias' attorneys will begin presenting her defense on Jan. 29 after a one-week hiatus, stated ABC News.
Arias' artwork, which she created while incarcerated, has been selling on eBay for bids between $300 and $400, with proceeds going toward her court expenses and better quality food while she is behind bars. The drawings are being sold by an anonymous eBay user, ABC News reported.
Prior to her arrest in 2008, YPD Chief Brian Bowles said his department has no previous records of Arias ever having been arrested in Yreka. According to online court records, Arias had no previous criminal charges filed against her in the county.


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Arrow: Will Laurel Reveal that She Knows Oliver's Big Secret?
With Slade Wilson (Manu Bennett) determined to ruin Oliver Queen's (Stephen Amell) life, the last thing Arrow's billionaire playboy-turned-vigilante needs is more people learning the truth about his extra-curricular activities. Unfortunately, that's exactly what Slade had in mind when he showed up at Laurel's (Katie Cassidy) door to tell Ollie's former love the truth about the emerald archer. But that doesn't mean Laurel will believe Slade.
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Naturally, the inquisitive ADA will set out to uncover the truth for herself in Wednesday's episode (8/7c, The CW), which finds her slowly putting the puzzle pieces together in more ways than one. The truth, of course, could also set her father free since Det. Lance (Paul Blackthorne) was thrown in jail for working with the vigilante and refusing to give up his name. But would Laurel be as kind if placed in the same position?
"When Slade told Laurel, he thought that was going to be yet another devastating death charge into Oliver's life," executive producer Andrew Kreisberg says. "She's not just taking it at face value, but being smart about it, and then her emotional reaction to the news is surprising. Most people assume she's going to react one way and that she reacts a different way is great."
Despite a lot of criticism for the character from fans, Kreisberg says Laurel learning the truth about Oliver is a good thing. "There's been a subset of fans who have questioned our sanity and our talent for making some of the decisions that we've made over the course of last year and this year," he says. "Somebody is always going to be upset, but I think a lot of the things that we've done have been leading up to what we're doing in the finale and moving that forward into Season 3."
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Kreisberg points out that when Tommy (Colin Donnell) discovered that his best friend was the vigilante, the storytelling was much richer and fuller. "The way he looked at everything in the world, every scene suddenly became super-charged with him, even if it was a small scene that didn't have much to do with the main plot," he says. "With Laurel, now that she knows, whenever she's in a scene with somebody, her world view has shifted and it's different."
But even with Laurel in the know, that doesn't necessarily bring her closer to Oliver, who is unaware of Slade telling her the truth. Though Oliver and Laurel may be destined to be together, Ollie has been spending his nights with her sister Sara (Caity Lotz), the one woman who knows him better than anyone since she was also on the island. For now, that means it'll be a while before fans of Laurel and Oliver are happy. "We've really adopted this mantra of we give people what they need even if that's not what they want," Kreisberg says. "Having Oliver and Laurel get together in Season 1 was what people needed then, but then they needed them to go on a break, so Oliver could have his story line with Sara for this season, which is what felt right to us. He has women in his life, he has Laurel, he has Felicity [Emily Bett Rickards]. Helena's [Jessica de Gouw] doing a 10-to-20 stretch. I think that Laurel will always be one of the closest people to him whether that's romantic or not."
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I didn't have the app, but she told me she could wait if I wanted to download it. So I reluctantly fumbled through my handbag, searching for my phone and attempted to download the app on the spot. This involved logging on to the store's Wi-Fi, finding the app on Google Play, and attempting to download it all while a line formed behind me and my two small children threatened mutiny.
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Of course, Target isn't the only big box retailer offering customers a chance to save on the go. Here are a few to check out before you checkout:
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Cartwheel originated as a Facebook page, which Target recently integrated into an app for easier use. Login via e-mail or Facebook and browse discounts ranging from five to 50 percent on hundreds of items. You can save up to 10 offers and simply flash the barcode on the app when you checkout (or you can print them out and take them to the store). The more you use the app, the more offers you can save.
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Walmart | Android, iOS and Windows Phone; free
The retail giant's shopping app is as jam-packed as its stores. To start, you can browse current online deals for home delivery or in-store pickup. (The app tells you if that item is available at nearby locations.) You can also instantly compare prices between buying online versus in-store. You can create an account or checkout as a guest. (No sharing on Facebook here!) Browsing deal items by category was a little tricky. A search for electronics turned up deals on photo cards, as well as women's jeggings and a 16-piece set of dinnerware. Filter deals by availability in stores, brand, price, customer rating, color and special offers. You can also find the closest store, view the weekly ad, track your online order and refill prescriptions.
Kmart | Android 4.1 or higher, iOS; free
Basically a mobile version of the retailers online store, with the app you can browse and search through millions of products available on Kmart.com or their sellers.
Like the Walmart app, you can look at user ratings and reviews, compare features and prices, and check availability on shipping or free in-store delivery. In addition, you can find and save coupons that can be used in the app or in stores, as well as search local ad offers and other special in-store savings.
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The app might not have any special badges, but it's stocked full of features. Club members should appreciate the convenience of being able to refill prescriptions, upload photos for in-store printing, find the nearest store location with a gas station or purchase a personal in-home sauna all from their phone. You can shop by category, one of which curiously is 'Funeral.' (That's right, you can buy caskets or urns from your phone.) You can also search online-only coupons or warehouse offers (just show the cashier the app to receive the discount), create a shopping list, read the latest issue of 'The Costco Connection' and – if that wasn't enough – check out other club services like auto, mortgage and home financing. Membership, it seems, has plenty of benefits.
Sam's Club | Android, iOS; free
There are plenty of useful features on the Sam's Club mobile app, but the coolest is definitely Scan & Go. Just open the app while you're in the store and use your device to scan the barcodes of each item you want to purchase. When you're ready to checkout, follow the instructions on the app and head to the register for hassle-free shopping. In addition to speedier checkout, the app also allows users to shop for both online and in-store deals, find details about the nearest Sam's Club, order prescription refills and build a shopping list. For those who are easily overwhelmed by these super-sized stores, the app includes club maps. Forget your membership card? No worries, the app will store it for you.
The explosion of store apps certainly makes it easier to shop on the run, compare prices and track down more savings. While I'm not ready to throw out my coupon-cutting scissors just yet, but I'll certainly be scanning apps like these in stores to make sure I'm maximizing my savings.